Tonight we drove around several of the villages looking at the Christmas lights. We must say that the neighborhood around Hubbell looked very nice. In fact, all the way from Hubbell through Lake Linden were very beautiful tonight.

Although there wasn't a trace falling tonight, we expect the scene above to be commonplace about 24 hours from now. Brrrr.. it's cold tonight.

That beautiful winter cover is what we are looking for here in WI--it hasn't happened yet. Hard to put out the lights when the weather is more like Florida when one is a former Yooper!

The whole area is blossoming with lites. I just loved downtown Houghton. I took a spin through there the other night, and it looks just glorious. Yes...Hubbell and Lake Linden are outstanding too. But they always are! ;) And with the long break in the winter...more folks were able to decorate outside. It's just a wonderful time of year!

When did the firehall get a flourecent sign? It was still simply black paint when I moved 2 1/2 years ago. I didn't remember seeing it when I sold the house on E street 1 1/2 years ago either (that was a sad day, should have kept that old house). Don't remember seeing it last December when I was up giving a presentation at MTU and visiting friends in Lake Linden either.